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Saïd Aouita

1959 - Today

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Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, as well as the 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saïd Aouita has received more than 219,213 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Saïd Aouita is the 95th most popular athlete (up from 98th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Saïd Aouita ranks 95 out of 6,025. Before him are Vladimir Kuts, Giorgio Pessina, Ibolya Csák, Eric Lemming, Santos, and Henri Eberhardt. After him are Matti Järvinen, Sebastian Coe, Robert Garrett, Harry Porter, Maxie Long, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Saïd Aouita ranks 97. Before him are Alan Wilder, Lee Haney, Byung-Chul Han, Andrea de Cesaris, Suzanne Vega, and Kokhir Rasulzoda. After him are Laura Chinchilla, Saul Perlmutter, Azali Assoumani, Muhammad bin Nayef, Rebecca De Mornay, and Marcia Gay Harden.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 55 out of 264. Before him are Mohamed Choukri (1935), Abdelilah Benkirane (1954), Abu Inan Faris (1329), Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq (1212), Christian de Portzamparc (1944), and Slimane of Morocco (1766). After him are Baba Sali (1889), Mohamed Oufkir (1920), Shlomo Ben-Ami (1943), Macha Méril (1940), Driss Jettou (1945), and Abu Zakariya Yahya (1203).

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Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 1. After him are Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Robert Leroux (1967), Flavio (null), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Hasna Benhassi (1978), Salah Hissou (1972), and Khalid Boulami (1969).

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